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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare platinum perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, spare back, dial, hands and box
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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare platinum perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, spare back, dial, hands and box

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 3970E, MOVEMENT NO. 876'450, CASE NO. 2'928'264, MANUFACTURED IN 1993

Closed14 May 2012

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CHF 105,000

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare platinum perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, spare back, dial, hands and box
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 3970E, movement no. 876'450, case no. 2'928'264, manufactured in 1993
Cal. CH 27-70Q mechanical movement, stamped with the Geneva seal, 24 jewels, black dial, applied white gold baton numerals, two windows for day and month, three subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 12 hours register, 30 minutes register combined and leap year indicator, date and moon phases, circular water-resistant-type case, screw back, downturned fluted lugs, two round chronograph buttons in the band, platinum Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 8 October 1993, Extract of the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1993 and its subsequent sale on 12 May 1993. Further delivered with a platinum glazed display screw back number 2'928'264, user manual, an additional silvered dial, a set of hands, an original veneered presentation box and outer packaging.

Consigned by a private collector and preserved in very good, original overall condition, the present watch has never been offered in public before.

The celebrated reference 3970 was in production from 1986 until 2004. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 305.